Half of the essays are in French; those in English discuss such topics as preserving Yiddish culture in Canada: the remarkable legacy of Chaim Leib Fuks, the recreation of Jewish Poland in the Canadian novels of Chava Rosenfarb, from painter to
schlockmeister: the evolution of the "doubtful artist" in Mordecai Richler's fiction, generational affinities and conflicts in 21st-century North American Jewish literature, and Canada as a place for Jewish-Ukrainian dialogue.
Created by
schlockmeister Irwin Allen, 'Lost in Space' depicted the plight of the Robinsons (the original title for the show was actually 'Space Family Robinson,' which in turn is a futuristic take on the classic novel 'Swiss Family Robinson' by Johann David Wyss) after they are stranded on an unknown planet.
When
schlockmeister Harold Robbins was selling millions of potboilers like The Carpetbaggers, novels "by Harold Robbins" that weren't written by Robbins crowded tables in India.
The best lines in the film are delivered by John Goodman, whose character,
schlockmeister movie producer Frank King, sees through the whole charade.
The dream of adding the sense of touch to moving pictures isn't new; horror
schlockmeister William Castle famously installed buzzers on some seats for showings of "The Tingler," hoping to get some patrons screaming on cue.
The Grammy Award-, Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and
schlockmeister extraordinaire has made it through the rain and was able to live to tell of the nasty love triangle between Lola, Rico and Tony that unfolded at the Copa without suffering a scratch.
At that proscenium, arkways, the House Manager, resident
schlockmeister extraordinaire, an obese mensch shvitzing nerves in this freeze, smokes a frond rolled in loose page, fitted into a holder hollowed out from his humerus, he taps ash to the floor, lines of ash indicating staging.
Other people will hang tags on me like the horrormeister, the
schlockmeister, the fearmeister, the master of suspense, the master of horror.
After one of the most troubled shoots in history, that saw the original director fired and
schlockmeister Renny Harlin drafted in for extensive reworking, this movie has been called one of the worst prequels ever.
But whatever you think about "America's
schlockmeister", you have to appreciate the breadth of his vision.